LiveSlides is a powerpoint or keynote add-in that enables embedding live content to your slideshow presentations. It works by adding browser capabilities to your presentation software without the look of a browser. Embed content such as web videos, calendars, maps, twitter feeds, polls, quizzes, and others, and present them as live content, activating features such as audience participation and collaboration. (Note: to make use of its features, you must have an active internet connection during the presentation.) Free.
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Asana
Asana: web-based project management platform that helps you organize projects by tasks, members, calendar-view, and more. Integrates with hundreds of common applications. Free/Paid.
Google Jamboard
Google Jamboard: a do-it-all, G-suite integrated whiteboard that can be accessed (for free) via the cloud, or through a native smartboard monitor. Compatible apps for collaboration are available for free for iOS and Android. Free apps and services. Monitor, stylus pen, and eraser: paid.
Google Keep
Google Keep: a browser extension that collects notes, images, and lists on your Google account while you are browsing. You can also dictate—instead of type—notes and set up reminders. Items can be color-coded and labeled for your organization. Integrates with mobile apps (available for iOS and Android). FREE.
Zapier
Zapier: a web-based platform that allows you to automate workflows by integrating your many applications. Set up triggers to send information from one app to another and automate action. Fee/Paid.
PowerNotes
PowerNotes: an easy-to-use, minimally intrusive Chrome extension for web annotation and citation management. Ideal for taking quick or extensive annotations on texts you read online while the platform automatically stores your highlights, notes, and links to the sources, allowing you to organize them into different topics and different projects. You can export an outline of your annotations to a Word document. FREE/Paid
Grammarly
Grammarly: a textual analysis tool that offers suggestions to improve your writing. It reviews punctuation, spelling, grammar, formatting, and speech conventions. Available as a desktop app or browser extension. Free/Paid.
Hemingway
Hemingway: a text editor designed to help improve your writing by analyzing its readability and making grammatical suggestions. Available as a desktop software (paid) or as an online platform (free).
WriterDuet
WriterDuet: screenwriting software with cloud-based collaborative features, outline/corkboard viewing mode, and support for several file types. Free trial for your first three screenplays; subscription plans and one-time-purchase available. Free/Paid.
Airtable
Airtable: a cloud-based, flexible project-management platform enriched with a variety of mobile and desktop apps that enable you and your collaborators to share information, deadlines, timelines, files, and more with one another. According to developers, Airtable is “part spreadsheet, part database.” Free/Paid,